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I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Re: I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Post by bergheim »

musha68k wrote: post #33

Fantastic! Da Vinci types like the author here always remind me that there was a time when being an artist and an engineer were one and the same, with no clear distinction between the two.

In that case I encourage you to read up on da Vinci (and not some top 10 dV creations post). It is clear that there was quite a big distinction.

I can model a spacecraft that will take me to Alpha Centauri with "questionable" untested dynamics in Maya. But I am pretty far off from building it and sending it into interstellar space.

Pretty (and imaginitive) drawings though.

Re: I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Post by networked »

networked wrote: post #57

Cool fonts, and an interesting post. I kind of want the top-right fake game in https://chevyray.dev/blog/creating-175-fonts/old_previews.pn... to be real. It has a " Wonder Boy in Monster World on the GBA" vibe I think is nice. I have noticed that the license doesn't allow you to use the TTFs in open-source software, which is something to keep in mind. > Licensed Content may not be distributed to third parties as sta…

> I have noticed that the license doesn't allow you to use the TTFs in open-source software, ...

This was supposed to be "in open-source software projects".

Re: I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Post by Xen9 »

citizenpaul wrote: post #91
Daub wrote: post #8

Impressive indeed. Making a complete font set can easily take as long as a year. The tasks include to go from 'A' to 'Z', upper and lower case, plus all the glyphs (brackets, ampersand, exclamation marks etc). Optionally the variations (bold, italic etc) without which a font is of limited use. The thing that separates the men from the boys is the kerning (spacing between the characters) which can absorb as much obses…

>Making a complete font set can easily take as long as a year. I'm sorry I just don't buy this. Its possible to endlessly obsess over anything. I've noticed things like language/writing/music/calligraphy tend to have high draw to people that are prone to obsessing. It sounds like gatekeeping to me is my point. Discouraging people from entering a field always makes me a bit triggered.

I agree with parent. To create a font family from scratch, also to create many others things from scratch, does not take that much time, at least it does not have to take that much time.

Re: I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Post by Tohhou »

vindex10 wrote: post #109
Tohhou wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an inflammatory comment. Shame on you.

I respect people who fled, but the company still pays tax in Russia. It is not inflammatory, it is pragmatic - to remember the supply chain.

Do you don't hold people in the US to the same standard? No? Then you're just evil.

Re: I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Post by vindex10 »

Tohhou wrote: post #114
vindex10 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I respect people who fled, but the company still pays tax in Russia. It is not inflammatory, it is pragmatic - to remember the supply chain.

Do you don't hold people in the US to the same standard? No? Then you're just evil.

I hold every company that pays tax in Russia to the same standard.

Re: I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Post by inferiorhuman »

Xen9 wrote: post #113
citizenpaul wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Making a complete font set can easily take as long as a year. I'm sorry I just don't buy this. Its possible to endlessly obsess over anything. I've noticed things like language/writing/music/calligraphy tend to have high draw to people that are prone to obsessing. It sounds like gatekeeping to me is my point. Discouraging people from entering a field always makes me a bit triggered.

I agree with parent. To create a font family from scratch, also to create many others things from scratch, does not take that much time, at least it does not have to take that much time.

You can create a font quickly, sure. To do a good job will take quite a bit longer.

Helvetica took a year. For the semi-bold variant in one size. The thin, bold, and italic variants took about a year each. Helvetica Neue has fifty-one variants, that's not something you're going to do quickly.

Re: I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

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Post by inferiorhuman »

citizenpaul wrote: post #91
Daub wrote: post #8

Impressive indeed. Making a complete font set can easily take as long as a year. The tasks include to go from 'A' to 'Z', upper and lower case, plus all the glyphs (brackets, ampersand, exclamation marks etc). Optionally the variations (bold, italic etc) without which a font is of limited use. The thing that separates the men from the boys is the kerning (spacing between the characters) which can absorb as much obses…

>Making a complete font set can easily take as long as a year. I'm sorry I just don't buy this. Its possible to endlessly obsess over anything. I've noticed things like language/writing/music/calligraphy tend to have high draw to people that are prone to obsessing. It sounds like gatekeeping to me is my point. Discouraging people from entering a field always makes me a bit triggered.

  It sounds like gatekeeping to me is my point.
Nobody's gatekeeping, we're just acknowledging the huge amount of work that goes into creating a font. It's easy to forget sometimes as both Apple and Microsoft include very high quality fonts with their products for free.

There are plenty of open source tools to generate fonts. So go ahead. Make your own font. I spent some time trying to make a font based on the writing of some youtuber. It's a fun exercise. And while drawing (tracing) the characters was actually quite a lot of work, that's about the easiest part of making a font.

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